UPDATE ON EVERYONE FOR THIS WEEK

UPDATE FOR THIS WEEK,

BUT FIRST, THIS POEM

Friendship is a Golden Chain,

The links are friends so dear,
And like a rare and precious jewel

It's treasured more each year...
It's clasped together firmly

With a love that's deep and true,
And it's rich with happy memories

And fond recollections, too...
Time can't destroy its beauty

For, as long as memory lives,
Years can't erase the pleasure

That the joy of friendship gives...
For friendship is a priceless gift

That can't be bought or sold,
But to have an understanding friend

Is worth far more than gold...
And the Golden Chain of Friendship

Is a strong and blessed tie
Binding kindred hearts together

As the years go passing by.
~Helen Steiner Rice~

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THANKS FOR SHARING IN PRAYERS OVER

THE LAST FEW WEEKS, HERE IS AN

UPDATE!

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WOW, WHAT A WEEK!

I Cannot figure for the life of me HOW people

make it through the days and weeks without Christ?

Further more, I never want to find out!

THANKS GOD FOR BEING CONSTANTLY WITH US.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My brother Tim's surgery was on Tuesday,

and I was told that everything went really well!

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Then Leisa's surgery was on Wednesday,

it took longer than expected, double the time!

She is home, but the surgery was A LOT more

than she or the doctors thought it would be.

And she had to spend two nights instead of one,

to get the pain under control.

But, she's home now, and hopefully on a safe,

speedy, mend, as comfortable as possible.

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Norman's Mother (Celia Terry) also had

to spend two nights in the ICU at Roanoke Memorial.

She had problems with being sick to her stomach after the surgery,

and her blood pressure shot up,

so they had to keep her an extra night.

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And today, we had to run to Walmarts to get a few groceries

and to our surprise, in walked Susie Meadows.

She got out of the ICU AT ARH this morning, and was

getting a few medicines and groceries before she went home.

GOD IS SO GOOD!

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Now, for Norman (my husband) he is feeling some better,

and "at times" his blood pressure is semi back down... or at

least back down from what it was. For this we are grateful.

But we are praying that he will get it under control and

really start feeling better. Also, pray for him that this job

search he's on works out really terrific for and to his benefit!

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Sadly, my Mother says she just has an "odd feeling" first she told

me that this "odd feeling was in her legs, like maybe she was

trying to walk on someone else's legs" then the other day she

told me that she was having a "strange feeling in her head"

Oh my, what do you say? I just really find myself at a loss for

what to say. So, if I am there and she says anything to that effect

I just give her a hug, and say "is there anything I can do for you"

or "you know you are in our prayers"... but if I am on the phone

with her, gulp ; / I just don't know what to say...

So pray for my Mother please. She's trying so hard to stay strong

They are finding out more and more all the time that the cancer is

spread in so many places ; ( and she goes to Roanoke Memorial

Hospital this coming Wednesday @ 8:00 to have a biopsy

(even though the doctor there said to her doctor, that he didn't

see any need to do that painful test on her) "go figure".

SO REALLY KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS PLEASE

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NATHAN AND ABIGAIL WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR

MOM, THEY EVEN THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS IT WAS

BEST (FOR HER) IF THEY STAYED UP HERE A FEW EXTRA

DAYS (WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE WITH US) JUST TO

GIVE HER TIME TO HEAL AND REST. NOW THAT WAS EXTRA

SWEET, IF YOU ASK ME. BUT, THEIR PARENTS OF COURSE

WANTED THEM WITH THEM, SO I HELPED THE KIDS, AND

WE MADE THEIR MOMMY A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT

WITH A BIRD HOUSE IN IT, (HER FAVORITE) FOR THEM

TO TAKE TO HER ON FRIDAY WHEN SHE CAME HOME.

SO, HOPE AND PRAY THAT ALL IS WELL AND GOING FINE.

AND A SPEEDY, SAFE, RECOVERY IS WELL ON IT'S WAY!

AND PRAY FOR NORMAN AND THE KIDS, HE'S BEEN

EXTREMELY HELPFUL, PATIENT AND KIND, AND THE KIDS

ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR MOMMY, AND TRY TO

BE EXTRA GOOD AND PLEASING TO HER..

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AREN'T KIDS SO VERY SPECIAL?

NO WONDER JESUS WAS SO EXTRA LOVING,

AND PATIENT WITH THE CHILDREN!

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And continue praying for my brother Buck and his

two children/and grandson... (at the loss of his wife/

their mother/grandmother.) I am sure that feeling of

being a ZOMBIE is wearing off now, and they are all

really feeling a loss and for him a LONELINESS, sitting in

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SO IN HONOR OF EACH OF THE ONE'S MENTIONED

ABOVE, AND EVERYONE THAT YOU KNOW THAT

NEEDS A SPECIAL PRAYER ABOUT NOW...

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'LORD,' Draw Me Close

Draw me close to you

Never let me go

I lay it all down again

To hear you say that I'm your friend

You are my desire

No one else will do

Cause nothing else can take your place

To feel the warmth of your embrace

Help me find the way

Bring me back to you

You're all I want

You're all I've ever needed

You're all I want

Help me know you are near

(repeat)

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so many times, I find myself in place of a prayer...

just singing, humming, or even listening to a

wonderful praise song, and knowing that HE

knows our every thought, and each of our every

need and thanking HIM FOR HIS LOVE AND GRACE.

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GIVE THANKS

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks for Has has given

Jesus Christ His son

(repeat)

And now, let the weak say I am strong

Let the poor say I am rich

Because of what the Lord has done, for us

And now, let the weak say I am strong

Let the poor say I am rich

Because of what the Lord has done, for us

Give thanks,

Give thanks

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If any of you would like to post a comment,

please feel free to do so.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Have a great evening, and

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS